Sequel: the chicken and dumplings visuals
For those who followed my chicken and dumplings saga over the weekend, commenter “Chuck” has thoughtfully provided this link to a photo purporting to be of the items in question.
I’m searching my memory banks; it was a long time ago, probably about fifteen years ago, that I tried to eat that particular dish. The dumplings and gravy looked a great deal like that although I only remember getting one dumpling, sitting monumentally in its own dish and its own gravy and the size of a large grapefruit. Was my tasteless chicken in another dish, or in the same one and lurking under the massive dumpling? A minor quibble, if so.
Several people pointed out in the comments that many cuisines around the world have dumplings. Very true. But many such dumplings are of the noodlesque variety, which usually makes them far far far more tasty than the Tad’s variety (of course, nearly everything edible is tastier than the Tad’s variety). But large doughy masses of leaden aspect? No, no, a thousand times no. I will not eat them, Sam I Am.
As the only other known person to have ate at the dearly (apparently) departed Tad’s I would say that is about how I remember the dumplings but I don’t think they were served in that bowl or whatever that is but instead was on a regular plate.
I think I remember them having a pretty good soup also which as someone that always chooses the soup choice in the soup or salad offering that is important to me.
Also I think we were there about 2018 or 2019 so maybe they changed their dumpling offerings over the years.
My first thought is that the shape and dimensions of the dumpling seem inherently awkward. However, thinking it over, there is a certain similarity to Knödel, except the latter in their Franconian form always seemed nothing but tasty to me. Is it possible that this is what these particular dumplings are trying to approach?
Worthy of a serious laugh, and I’m sure I have never been served anything so unappetizing!
Yeah, I don’t know if I would have the courage to even tackle that one. It looks like it’s on the verge of sentience. Wouldn’t be surprised if it sprouted legs and started walking across the table.
BJ, reminds of the line somewhere in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy about garbage crawling up out of the East River.
I’m going to pretend not to know. I could love a woman if she loved me too. I could never love a woman if she hated me.
Despite Neo’s description they look tasty to me.
“I will not eat them, Sam I Am.”
Coloring the dumplings an imaginary green kind of made me sick.
@Phillip Sells,
LOL! That’s a good one. I don’t remember that line from “Hitchhiker’s”, though. Guess I’ll have to read it again. Thanks!
My paternal grandmother was kind of notorious in our family for not being able to cook anything well — save the traditional British dishes which she learned as a child and teenager. (Her lasagna was particularly disgusting, and she was teased for years about what she did with the first avocado she ever encountered. She boiled that thing. For 40 minutes. Nothing left of it but the pit…)
Anyway – the trad British dishes that she DID cook were astonishingly good: steak and kidney pie. Cabbage, lightly steamed, still tender-crisp and tossed with little slips of bacon, melted butter and cracked pepper … and chicken and dumplings. Her dumplings were so light and airy, like clouds. They practically floated out of the pot.
She was not fluent in other cuisines … but she did her native dishes superlatively!
I also ate at Tad’s …..in 1989.
I enjoyed it immensely. Indeed, we found our own chicken & dumplings recipe that everyone in the family enjoys.
Now: Neo, you did not comment on the green beans, which are (were?) a necessary side dish. I trust you at least enjoyed them.
Maybe you received the work of a trainee.
Sgt. Mom, is Chicago Boyz down?
BJ, my recollection is that it was in one of the later books, probably the fourth, because it would make most sense for Arthur to be thinking about the contents of the East River if he were in New York, which could only happen after Earth had been restored in the story.
Gringo – yes, Chicagoboyz seems to be down. I don’t know why – I am only a contributor, not the person in charge. (I’ll e-mail Johnathon today…)
Here is a dumpling recipe from across the pond. Squash Spaetzle
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